Published June 12, 2009

Restore bladder flow with two powerful nutrients

Bladder emptying is too often a problem for men as they age. And it can even affect some women. In men, the prostate can swell and obstruct urinary flow. In time, the bladder may weaken, so that even if there is surgical relief of the obstruction, flow might be a dribble. Two of my favorite nutrients might help if you have this problem.

In a recent study, researchers partially blocked the bladder of test rabbits. That would be similar to a swollen prostate. In these animals, their bladder response to various stimuli decreased.

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Published June 11, 2009

Antibiotic resistant infections are incurable, right? Wrong!

There’s a new type of infection lurking that modern medicine says is incurable. You may have heard of it as an antibiotics resistant infection. Doctors call them multidrug resistant infections. However, that is more likely the cause of the problem than a real name. These bugs are the result of the overuse of antibiotics. The more often you expose a given germ to antibiotics, the more likely it is that the germ will become resistant to those antibiotics.

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Published June 10, 2009

Are you taking the wrong type of CoQ10?

Coenzyme Q10 is one fantastic nutrient. Your body typically makes plenty of it in your liver. But when your body doesn’t make enough, it is hard to replace. That’s because CoQ10 isn’t absorbed very well. Fortunately, there’s one type of CoQ10 that’s easily absorbed. And it can work wonders on your heart.

Researchers recently gave a group of rabbits one of three infusions: CoQ10 laden liposomes, empty liposomes, or saline. Then they closed off a coronary artery for 30 minutes (occlusion). And then the researchers opened the artery to blood flow (reperfusion). The risk area to their main left ventricle was 20% of its mass. It’s well known and accepted that when a blood vessel occludes, its reopening can lead to yet more injury called “reperfusion injury.”

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